The alabaster jar

By Parson Brown, on 3:42 pm%

I wanted to share this poem primarily because I found it strikingly beautiful.

The woman with the alabaster jar

She knew the lines of a man’s back
as well as she knew the taste
of decanted fig-wine, or the way the spine
girdered the back under her hand;
an uneven scaffolding of flesh under fingers.
It was a gentle gift, this. Acquired slowly
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Its Halloween Time

By Parson Brown, on 10:31 am%

Here is an interesting article from the WSJ on Halloween.

This is one of those holidays that has blown up, or the marketing machine and a willing public has gone along. As a kid it was at best a couple of hours. I’m sure there were, but I don’t remember adults getting costumed and partying. . . . → Read More: Its Halloween Time

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Christmas – We know incarnations when we see them…

By Parson Brown, on 11:32 am%

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Christmas. One of the two days of the year that you have to have a good message. (The other is mother’s day by the way. On Easter you are preaching to the congregation anymore. On Christmas and mother’s day you still get a chance to preach to the unconverted.) On top . . . → Read More: Christmas – We know incarnations when we see them…

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